Business Plan

Overview

Watervap’s Brine Disposal System (BDS) technology by itself or in combination with other technologies is, we believe, the most efficient means to reduce the dissolved minerals contaminating water to a dry waste product, which may have potential market value. A by-product is water with virtually the purity of distilled water.

BDS is a heat-driven process, but the heat source is of no consequence. In many situations there is a heat source which can be inexpensively captured – oil and gas wells, mines and landfills often flare off (burn) the naturally occurring methane gas, and many electric power plants vent much heat into the atmosphere. If an on-site heat source is not natively available, the BDS can be operated on municipal or propane gas, diesel fuel, solar heat, or with electricity. If a heat source such as methane gas or waste heat from an industrial plant is available, the operational cost of the BDS unit is pennies per gallon, which will often recoup the capital investment in three years or less.

The primary feature of BDS is the ability to reduce dissolved mineral salts to a dry product. However, depending on the salinity of the raw water, the first stage (FBHX) is capable of producing approximately 90 gallons of potable water for every 100 gallons of contaminated water. Additionally, the resultant water vapor from the final stage can be condensed to yield an additional five gallons of potable water. When the BDS process is appended to a seawater reverse osmosis facility, it has the effect of almost doubling the freshwater output.

A by-product of many industrial processes is contaminated water. There are a variety of ways to dispose of it, and all are coming under increasing scrutiny by government regulatory agencies and public interest groups. In very limited instances, the water is left in ponds where some of it evaporates and some of the dissolved minerals percolate into the groundwater. Frequently, it is put into a municipal sewage system; however, sewage treatment plants are incapable of removing the dissolved minerals which then flow into the rivers and streams. In some cases it is sprayed on acres of fields where it finds its way into the ground water. Now, Federal, state and municipal governments are curtailing these practices through fee structures or outright prohibition. A few states, where the geology is acceptable, contaminates are pumped into deep injection wells, but even now questions are being raised about the efficacy of injection wells.

Watervap’s BDS technology presents industries and governments a cost effective alternative to their current waste water disposal means. These are its unique capabilities in addition to the unquantifiable benefit of being environmentally friendly.

• True zero liquid discharge or just concentration
• No maximum salinity treatment limitation
• No chemical pre-treatment
• All dissolved minerals recovered as dry salts
• Recovered water equivalent to distilled water
• Low maintenance and simple operation
• Continuous operation
• Very cost competitive with waste heat source